The best baby names in the universe – according to Name Nerds

We see lots of top baby name lists floating about the internet, and they very often feature pretty much all the very same contenders. So you can imagine our delight when we spotted this list – compiled by baby name enthusiasts – which included some names we don’t usually see in the ‘most popular’ lists.

The Name Nerds have spoken

“Finally what you’ve all been waiting for: Name Nerds Top 100(ish) names! We had an amazing turnout and there were a total of 1,772 girl names and 1,757 boy names submitted,” excited Reddit user and hard-working baby name fancier Lyd_Euh posted in the very popular Name Nerds thread.

Lyd_Euh not only compiled the top 100 names from these thousands of Reddit suggestions, but she also spotted some interesting trends.

First were the geographic ones. Understandably different names were favoured in different parts of the world.

In North America Henry, Eleanor and Elizabeth were top of the pops.

Across Europe, it was Arthur for boys and Alice and Matilda for girls.

And in our neck of the woods, Henry and Violet were Reddit’s favourites.

“Most Name Nerds prefer classic or old fashioned names,” Lyd_Euh continued. “There were very few modern names that made the list.”